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Metaphorical Theology

Models of God in Religious Language

  • Paperback
  • 240 pages
  • Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
  • 15.2 x 22.8 x 2.1 cm

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For those seeking deeper faith understanding.

Metaphorical Theology helps clarify religious language.

You will connect more meaningfully with your beliefs.

Explore the rich world of metaphor in faith with Sallie McFague's insightful book, "Metaphorical Theology," which challenges you to rethink religious language and its relevance today.

1. Toward a Metaphorical Theology

The Problem of Religious Language

The Idolatry of Religious Language

The Irrelevance of Religious Language

Can Religious Language Be Revitalized?

Metaphorical Theology

  1. Metaphor, Parable, and Scripture

Metaphor

Parable

Scripture

  1. Models in Science

Models in the Social Sciences and Technology

Natural Science, the Humanities, and the Imagination

Paradigms

Types of Models and Two Views of Models in Science

Central Insights from Scientific Models Pertinent to Theology

  1. Models in Theology

Differences Between Scientific and Theological Models

Parable, Paradigm, and Root-Metaphor in Christianity

Creeds: Models or Dogmas?

Models and Concepts

The Truth of Theological Models

Criteria for Theological Models

  1. God the Father: Model or Idol?

Partriarchy in Perspective

Revolutionary Feminist Theology: A new Paradigm and a new Model

Reformist Feminist Theology: The Search for New Models

God the Friend

Metaphorical Theology and The Body Of God
The Body Of GodMetaphorical Theology

  • Title

    Metaphorical Theology

  • Author

    Sallie Mcfague

  • Book Format

    paperback

  • Publisher

    Augsburg Fortress Publishers

  • Published

    November 1982

  • Weight

    359g

  • Page Count

    240

  • Dimensions

    15.2 x 22.8 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780800616878

  • ISBN-10

    0800616871

  • Eden Code

    116598

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